Best of the Big Bands

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

3 Jewel Cases in a cardboard slipcase.

Cat# / Barcode (CD 1): #49094 / 051375490941
Cat# / Barcode (CD 2): #49095 / 051375490958
Cat# / Barcode (CD 3): #49096 / 051375490965

Annotation last modified on 2025-10-28 05:20 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Let’s Dance
recording of:
Let’s Dance (Benny Goodman’s theme song)
lyricist:
Fanny May Baldridge
composer:
Joseph Bonime, Gregory Stone and Carl Maria von Weber (composer)
Benny Goodman2:16
2Woodchoppers Ball
recording of:
Woodchopper’s Ball
composer:
Joe Bishop and Woody Herman
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Woody Herman4:33
3Cherokee
recording of:
Cherokee
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Charlie Barnet7:11
4Begin the Beguine
Artie Shaw3:19
5St Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Jimmy Dorsey3:11
6Red Bank Boogie
recording of:
Red Bank Boogie (aka "G.I. Stomp")
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Buck Clayton
publisher:
WC Music Corp.
Count Basie2:16
7Sugar Hill Shuffle
Count Basie3:41
8If You Were Only Mine
Blue Baron Band3:15
9You Bit Off More Than You Could Chew
Al Trace2:51
10All I Desire
alto saxophone:
Conn Humphreys (on 1941-01-27), James Lamare (jazz saxophonist) (on 1941-01-27) and Leo White (on 1941-01-27)
double bass:
Phil Stevens (tuba) (on 1941-01-27)
drums (drum set):
Cliff Leeman (on 1941-01-27)
guitar:
Bus Etri (on 1941-01-27)
piano:
Bill Miller (pianist) (on 1941-01-27)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Barnet (saxophonist, bandleader) (on 1941-01-27) and Kurt Bloom (on 1941-01-27)
trombone:
Ford Leary (trombonist) (on 1941-01-27), Bill Robertson (jazz trombonist) (on 1941-01-27), Don Ruppersberg (jazz trombonist) (on 1941-01-27) and Spud Murphy (American jazz multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, and arranger) (on 1941-01-27)
trumpet:
Bobby Burnet (Robert W. Burnet, jazz trumpeter) (on 1941-01-27), George Esposito (on 1941-01-27), Bernie Privin (on 1941-01-27) and Lyman Vunk (on 1941-01-27)
vocals:
Lena Horne (on 1941-01-27)
Charlie Barnet3:16
11Caravan
recording of:
Caravan
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1937)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1936) and Juan Tizol (in 1936)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Duke Ellington Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Mills Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Harmony and Lafleur Music Ltd. (from 1995-12-12 to present)
Duke Ellington4:38
12Oh Johnnie
recording of:
Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!
lyricist:
Ed Rose (lyricist)
composer:
Abe Olman
publisher:
Forster Music Publisher, Inc. (on 1917-02-07)
Ella Fitzgerald, C. Webb Orch4:22
13Ballerina
Shep Fields3:52
14My Blue Heaven
Jan Garber2:40
15I’ll Walk Alone
Sammy Kaye3:21
16It’s You, It’s You, It’s You
Henry Jerome2:08
17Twilight Time
Frankie Carle2:36
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Honeysuckle Rose
Roy Eldridge, Flip Phillips2:50
2Opus #1
recording of:
Opus One (1943 song)
lyricist:
Sidney Reginald Garris
composer:
Sy Oliver
publisher:
Embassy Music Corp. (on 1943-06-23)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
Tommy Dorsey3:18
3How High the Moon
Teddy Wilson3:21
4Body and Soul
cover recording of:
Body and Soul
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Sarah Vaughan2:56
5One O’Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Count Basie4:22
6When My Baby Smiles at Me
Clyde McCoy2:42
7Wang Wang Blues
recording of:
Wang Wang Blues
lyricist:
Leo Wood (American songwriter & lyricist; 1882—1929)
composer:
Henry Busse, Buster Johnson (American jazz musician) and Gus Mueller
Henry Busse2:33
8Thoughtless
Charlie Barnet2:37
9Afraid
Blue Baron Band3:28
10Worried
Al Trace3:05
11Ain’t It the Truth
recording of:
Ain’t It the Truth (Basie/Harding/Palmer)
composer:
Count Basie (pianist), Buster Harding and Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer)
Count Basie3:15
12I Hear a Rhapsody
Charlie Barnet2:34
13I Found a New Baby
recording of:
I’ve Found a New Baby
writer:
Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
Count Basie2:17
14Walkin’ My Baby Back Home
Les Elgart3:00
15Whatcha Know Joe
Gene Krupa with Ray McKinley2:12
16Jealous
Little Jack Little2:44
17There I’ve Said It Again
Vaughn Monroe3:05
18Polka Dots and Moonbeams
Claude Thornhill2:42
19Theme
Charlie Barnet1:01
20Lumpy
Charlie Barnet2:24
3▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Muskrat Ramble
Red Nichols2:34
2The Hucklebuck
Ray Anthony3:02
3And the Angels Sing
Ziggy Elman0:54
4That Old Feeling
Ralph Flanagan with Jack Lawrence4:04
5I’ll Be Seeing You
Russ Case2:36
6The Wonder of You
Buddy Morrow4:05
7That Old Sweethart of Mine
Tommy Tucker3:23
8La Rosita
Larry Clinton2:03
9Rock a Bye Basie
recording of:
Rock-A-Bye Basie
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1939), Shad Collins (in 1939) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1939)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Count Basie3:46
10Medley: You’re My Thrill
Blue Baron Band3:58
11I Cross My Heart
Al Trace3:17
12Oh Miss Jackson
Charlie Barnet2:46
13Play the Players
Blue Baron Band2:31
14I Don’t Know Enough About You
Art Mooney3:19
15Crusing Down the River
Blue Baron Band2:39
16Old Buttermilk Sky
Blue Baron Band3:02
17Circus in Rhythm
Count Basie2:58
18Mairzy Doats
Al Trace3:04
19Don’t Believe Everything You Hear
Count Basie2:27
20None but the Lonely Heart
Russ Morgan4:46
21It’s the Talk of the Town
Tony Pastor2:17